Jon Gruden is suing the NFL over the occasions that led to his abrupt resignation as Raiders coach final October. However he’d welcome a possibility to rejoin the league. Speaking publicly at Arkansas’ Little Rock Landing Membership on Tuesday, Gruden stated he is “ashamed” about what he wrote in derogatory emails that had been uncovered throughout an NFL investigation, however that he seeks forgiveness and needs to return to the sidelines.
“I am not gonna say something however sincere issues right here,” Gruden stated when requested to handle his resignation. “I am ashamed about what has come about in these emails, and I am going to make no excuses for it. It is shameful. However I’m a great particular person, I consider that. I’m going to church. I have been married for 31 years. I bought three nice boys. I nonetheless love soccer. I made some errors, however I do not assume anyone else in right here hasn’t. And I simply apologize, and hopefully I get one other shot.”
Gruden, in fact, is referring to the emails that surfaced in 2021 stories by the New York Occasions and Wall Avenue Journal, which instructed the coach had engaged in a sample of misogynistic, homophobic and racially insensitive feedback from 2010-2018. These emails had been found whereas the NFL was conducting a separate investigation of the Washington Commanders, who had been punished for a “hostile office tradition” that included alleged sexual harassment.
“I get choked up, as a result of there’s quite a lot of misunderstanding on the market proper now — what you learn, what you hear, what you watch on TV,” Gruden stated Tuesday, defending his character. His lawsuit against the NFL and commissioner Roger Goodell allege that the league “sought to destroy (his) profession and status” by a “malicious and orchestrated marketing campaign” to leak his emails and enhance public stress for his dismissal or resignation.
Gruden spent simply over three seasons in his most up-to-date stint as Raiders coach, going 22-31 earlier than his resignation. He beforehand spent 4 years with the crew from 1998-2001 however is greatest recognized for a seven-year run because the Buccaneers‘ coach, throughout which he led three playoff runs and gained a Super Bowl.
